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• Wednesday, February 6, 2008 10:44 AM

  Keep your eyes on the prize

  Here's the thing we need to keep in mind, folks.....

  The most important thing is to get a Democrat into the White House so we can start undoing 8 years of Republican mismanagement, mischief and malfeasance.

  Either Hillary or Barack would make a fine president. But they are not equal in terms of electability. It's not at all certain that Hillary could beat McCain, or any other Republican. The level of hatred for Hillary and Bill has not diminished over the years, and in fact it's increased recently, following Hillary and Bill's nasty tactics in South Carolina. Hillary and Bill have reminded a lot of people of why they hated them during the '90s.

  There is a solid 45% of the electorate who would not vote for Hillary under any circumstances. Not only would they not vote for her, they would make it a point to come out to vote AGAINST her.

  And they'll bring a Hillary-hating friend. The Hillary haters are not just among the ranks of the Republicans; they include many independents and, after the nastiness in the early primaries they include a number of Democrats.

  Obama, on the other hand, motivates and energizes people to come out and vote for him. He would capture many, many of those independent voters who might otherwise go for McCain.

  Let's keep this in mind as we go through the rest of the primaries, folks. Hillary and Barack are both well qualified, but Hillary is only a 50-50 shot to beat McCain in a general election, whereas Obama would take that old man behind the woodshed and open up a can of Democratic Whoop-Ass on him.

  —GW in Ohio Read GW in Ohio's other letters
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